By 10:25 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 28.48 points, or 0.21%, to 13,459.95, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 5.85 points, or 0.40%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 20.38 points, or 0.65%.

Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the markets are Stem Cell Stocks, which have gained 4.4%, Contract Research Outsourcing Stocks, up 1.4%, and Security and Protection Service Stocks, moving 1.3% higher as a group.